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freeradius package

Freeradius’ init script fails

Bug #66568 reported by Tobias Wolf
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freeradius (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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MOTU

Bug Description

I installed Freeradius but apt failed to configure it.

These were the incriminating lines:
Setting up freeradius (1.1.3-1) ...
Adding group `freerad' (116)...
Done.
Adding system user `freerad' with uid 106...
Adding new user `freerad' (106) with group `freerad'.
Not creating home directory `/etc/freeradius'.
Adding user `freerad' to group `shadow'...
Done.
/etc/init.d/freeradius: 15: source: not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript freeradius, action "start" failed.

It appears the change to dash is responsible. When I changed the shebang to #!/bin/bash it worked.

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Joe Bruce (joe-bruce-psu) wrote :

The "proper" fix (used by the other init scripts in /etc/init.d) is to replace the "source" on line 15 with a period. The line should then read:

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

This fixes the FreeRADIUS script and maintains consistency with the other init scripts.

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Joe Bruce (joe-bruce-psu) wrote :

I apologize the for the incorrect patch -- I checked it first, inserted my USB key, and ended up with a bogus patch for /etc/mtab. Gotta love Mercurial for controlling /etc, but I still need to fine-tune which files are controlled. :(

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kohtachi (kohtachi) wrote : Re: Freeradius’ init script fails....HELP

Selecting previously deselected package freeradius.
(Reading database ... 89872 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking freeradius (from freeradius_1.1.0-1ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up freeradius (1.1.0-1ubuntu2) ...
Adding group `freerad' (116)...
Done.
Adding system user `freerad' with uid 110...
Adding new user `freerad' (110) with group `freerad'.
Not creating home directory `/etc/freeradius'.
/etc/init.d/freeradius: 6: source: not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript freeradius, action "start" failed.

Ran the install file using the command line "sudo dpkg -i freeradius_1.1.0-1ubuntu2_i386.deb" and get this error. Changed shebang "#!/bin/bash" and it still didn't work. Any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks in advance.

Thanks,
kohtachi

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Tobias Wolf (towolf) wrote :

Did you modify this and run it?

/var/lib/dpkg/info/freeradius.postinst

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Tobias Wolf (towolf) wrote :

I’m sorry, that was actually another package.

Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen)
Changed in freeradius:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen)
Changed in freeradius:
assignee: nobody → motu
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Emmet Hikory (persia) wrote :

Fix included in debian upload of 1.1.3-3.

Changed in freeradius:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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